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heating

heating

108 1.0
A system that makes a building or room warm
  • noun
  • /ˈhiːtɪŋ/
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  • The average house built since 1974 uses only 75 percent as much heating fuel as older houses.
  • a heating system
  • space heating
  • electric heating

Yeah, with single colours and probably horrible heating or choky air con.

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Examples

  • The landlord promised to fix the heating before winter arrived.

  • Have you hired someone to get you a decent heating system, or are you still getting estimates?

    Fiction book (1998)
  • - What? - It's the heating system.

  • How many times have I told you not to play on the floor till the heating gets fixed?

  • Grandma says, can you turn up the heating?

  • Millions will spend Christmas in sub zero temperatures without heating, electricity or hot water.

  • We still don't have heating and we need a new boiler.

  • Central heating!

  • A gust of hot air from the heating system puffed around Mary Frances.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • There's a full basement where we have an ultramodern central heating furnace with copper pipes, an oil burner.

Synonyms

heat
vsheating
232 1.0

The system that gives warmth to a building

focuses on the process or system rather than the utility label
furnace
vsheating
93 4.1

A closed chamber that makes very high heat for melting metal, burning waste or heating buildings

is focused on supplying warmth to rooms rather than industrial processes
heater
vsheating
93 1.0

A machine that makes a room or water warm

denotes the overall process or system rather than an individual device
warmer
vsheating
19 3.2

A machine that heats and keeps water, food, or a room hot

focuses on the broader system that provides sustained warmth to spaces
heating system
vsheating
8 2.8

A system that warms a building by moving hot air or water

is the general process rather than the named apparatus
central heating
vsheating
5 2.5

A system that warms a building by making hot water or air in one place and sending it to rooms

covers the same goal but not only centralized sources
gas heater
vsheating
1 2.5

A machine that burns gas to make a room warm

refers to supplying warmth overall rather than this fuel-specific device
electric heater
vsheating
1 2.1

A machine that uses electricity to make a room or small space warm

is general provision of warmth, not tied to electric devices
steam heat
vsheating
  • Specialized
1 3.2

A system that heats a building by sending steam to radiators

is the general provision of warmth rather than this specific method
heating plant
vsheating
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A system in a building that makes warm air and sends it to rooms

is the broader idea of providing warmth rather than the physical plant
gas heat
vsheating
  • US
1 2.6

Heat from burning natural gas to warm a building

is neutral about the energy source and focuses on providing warmth
radiant heating
vsheating
  • Specialized
4.4

A way to make a building warm by using panels in floors, walls, or ceilings that give out warmth

is broader and includes other methods beyond panel radiation
panel heating
vsheating
  • Specialized
5.1

A system that warms rooms with hot wires or pipes inside walls, floors and ceilings

refers to providing warmth generally, not this particular panel setup

Antonyms

System that controls temperature and air movement inside buildings to keep people comfortable

60 2.1

A drop in temperature that makes something colder

Compounds

15 3.3

Fuel made from oil used to heat homes and other buildings

A system that warms a building by moving hot air or water

6 2.7

A soft pad with electric heat you put on the body for warmth or pain relief

A system that warms a building by making hot water or air in one place and sending it to rooms

heating element
  • Specialized
2 3.4

A metal part inside a kettle, oven, or heater that gets hot to make things warm

heating plant
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A system in a building that makes warm air and sends it to rooms

steam heating
  • Specialized
1 3.5

A system that makes hot vapor in a heater to warm rooms through pipes and radiators

dielectric heating
  • Specialized
8.2

Heating an insulating material with a high-frequency electric field that makes molecules move and heat up

heating efficiency
  • Specialized
3.8

How well a heater uses energy to make a room warm

induction heating
  • Specialized
6.1

To heat metal by making electric currents inside it using magnetic fields

radiant heating
  • Specialized
4.4

A way to make a building warm by using panels in floors, walls, or ceilings that give out warmth

panel heating
  • Specialized
5.1

A system that warms rooms with hot wires or pipes inside walls, floors and ceilings

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heating
108 1.0

Surface Forms

heating singular
heatings plural

Morphology

heating = heat (transparent) = heat + ing

A straightforward nominalization/gerund from the verb 'heat' meaning either the process or the system that provides heat, which learners can derive from 'heat' + '-ing'.

Etymology

The word heating comes from the simple word heat ('hot') plus the ending -ing, which shows an action or a system. So, heating is the action or system that makes a building or room warm.